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Riders have been confirmed for all 24 runners in next Tuesday's $6m Emirates Melbourne Cup.
At Saturday evening's barrier draw, co-trainer Wayne Hawkes was able to reveal the engagement of Luke Nolen to partner Maluckyday.
Jim Cassidy had ridden the highly promising four-year-old to victory in the Lexus Stakes earlier in the day, but honoured a previous commitment to ride Once Were Wild for Gai Waterhouse.
Hawkes said the options amongst jockeys able to make Maluckyday's weight of 51kg were limited, but he was delighted to have secured Nolen's services.
"He was last season's premier jockey and he's winning on everything at the moment," he said.
Hong Kong-based Australian riders Darren Beadman and Brett Prebble will be flying in for Cup mounts on Tuesday.
Beadman, who has won the race for Bart Cummings on Saintly in 1996 and Kingston Rule in 1990, will this year ride Hong Kong galloper Mr Medici for trainer Peter Ho, whilst Prebble has the mount on Linton for Team Williams.
Prebble was intending to ride C'est La Guerre, but after the six-year-old gelding did not accept for the race after running poorly in the Mackinnon Stakes, the jockey switched to Linton after he unexpectedly gained a Cup start.
With the Goldolphin stable having finished with two Cup runners, international jockey Frankie Dettori has remained with his preferred mount Holberg, who had been in danger of missing a place in the field. Kerrin McEvoy takes the ride on Godolphin's other hope Campanologist.
After Chris Munce lost the ride on Caulfield Cup winner Descarado to Gai Waterhouse's first choice jockey Nash Rawiller, he has now been snapped up to ride 2008 runner-up Bauer for Luca Cumani. The English trainer has again trusted the ride on stablemate Manighar to Damien Oliver.
In Munce and Oliver, Cumani has chosen two Australian riders with Melbourne Cup winning experience, whereas Irish trainer Dermot Weld has pinned his faith in fellow countryman Pat Smullen to partner his mare Profound Beauty.
Weld has won the Melbourne Cup twice - once with an Irish rider and once with a local hoop. Irishman Mick Kinane rode Weld's pioneering winner Vintage Crop in 1993, whilst Damien Oliver was in the saddle for Media Puzzle's emotion-charged victory in 2002.
French jockey Gerald Mosse rode Mr Medici in the Caulfield Cup but sides with Americain in the Melbourne Cup after riding him to an impressive victory in the Geelong Cup.
Vlad Duric will be returning from Singapore to renew his association with Master O'Reilly, whilst New Zealand ace Michael Walker will have his first Melbourne Cup ride on Zavite.
Three-time Melbourne Cup hero Glen Boss will partner English horse Illustrious Blue, whilst last year's winning jockey Corey Brown will ride Shoot Out.
Michael Rodd could not make Shocking's light weight last year but will be aboard the five-year-old in his Cup defence on Tuesday.
Still recovering from illness, "Cups King" Bart Cummings has two runners for the 150th edition of the race, with Blake Shinn riding Precedence in the same colours that he carried to victory two years ago on Viewed.
But most eyes will be on Steven Arnold, also sporting the silks of owner Dato Tan Chin Nam, as he attempts to win his first Melbourne Cup and an incredible 13th for the legendary Cummings on race favourite So You Think.
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